October 18th, 1636

Born on October 18th, 1636

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on October 18th?

October 18th, 1993

Nihilism, the first professional runway show from the British designer Alexander McQueen, was staged in London.

October 18th, 2019

Protests in Santiago that started 11 days prior escalated into open battle against the Chilean national police, forcing President Sebastián Piñera to declare a state of emergency.

October 18th, 1967

The Soviet space probe Venera 4 became the first spacecraft to perform direct in situ analysis of the environment of another planet (Venus).

October 18th, 1963

The first cat in space, later known as Félicette, launched aboard a French Véronique rocket.

October 18th, 1775

American Revolutionary War: In an act of retaliation against ports that supported Patriot activities in the early stages of the war, the Royal Navy destroyed what is now Portland, Maine.

October 18th, 1748

The War of the Austrian Succession ended with the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.

October 18th, 1587

Filipino sailors disembarked from the Manila galleon Nuestra Señora de Buena Esperanza in what is now Morro Bay, California, the first documented instance of Asians in the Americas.

October 18th, 1565

The first recorded naval battle between Europeans and the Japanese occurred when a flotilla of samurai attacked two Portuguese trade vessels at the Battle of Fukuda Bay in Nagasaki.

October 18th, 1356

The most significant earthquake to have occurred in Central Europe in recorded history destroyed Basel, Switzerland.

October 18th, 1081

Byzantine–Norman wars: Robert Guiscard led an invasion of the Byzantine Empire, capturing Dyrrhachium in present-day Albania.

October 18th, 0320

Pappus of Alexandria, one of the last great Greek mathematicians of antiquity, observed an eclipse that allowed historians to calculate the approximate dates of his life.

October 18th, 1906

The Robert Burns Memorial Statue, the first public statue erected in New Brunswick, was dedicated in Fredericton.

October 18th, 1887

Johannes Brahms (pictured) conducted the premiere of his Double Concerto, composed for violinist Joseph Joachim and cellist Robert Hausmann.

October 18th, 1630

Frendraught Castle in Scotland, the home of James Crichton of Frendraught, burns down.

October 18th, 1599

Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Báthory in the Battle of Șelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 18th

Same year
Born in 1636

74

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

French poet and critic (1636–1711)

*November 1st, 1636, Paris †March 13th, 1711, Paris

84

Edward Colston

English merchant, slave trader and philanthropist (1636–1721)

*November 2nd, 1636, Bristol †October 11th, 1721, Mortlake

42

Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria

Duke of Bavaria (1636-1679)

*October 31st, 1636, Munich †May 26th, 1679, Oberschleißheim

55

Georg Green

German historian and theologian (1636-1691)

*July 8th, 1636, Tremsbüttel †August 22nd, 1691, Heidelberg

33

Josias II, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen

Major general in Brunswick and co-ruler of Waldeck-Wildungen

*July 31st, 1636, Bad Wildungen †August 8th, 1669, Heraklion

59

Gregório de Matos

Brazilian poet and lawyer

*December 23rd, 1636, Salvador †November 26th, 1696, Recife

80

Charles de La Fosse

French painter (1636-1716)

*June 15th, 1636, Paris †December 13th, 1716, Paris

79

Thomas Tenison

Archbishop of Canterbury

*September 29th, 1636, Cottenham †December 14th, 1715, Lambeth

52

Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Electress of Brandenburg (1636-1689)

*September 28th, 1636, Glücksburg †August 6th, 1689, Karlovy Vary

79

Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp

Queen of Sweden (1636-1715)

*October 23rd, 1636, Gottorf Castle †November 24th, 1715, Stockholm City

31

Melchiorre Cafà

Italian artist (1636-1667)

*January 21st, 1636, Birgu †September 4th, 1667, Rome

43

Esaias Reusner

German lutenist and composer (1636-1679)

*April 29th, 1636, Lwówek Śląski †May 1st, 1679, Berlin

68

Justine Siegemund

German midwife who wrote a book on midwifery

*December 26th, 1636, Roztoka, Lower Silesian Voivodeship †November 10th, 1705, Berlin

73

Samuel Bachmann

(1636-1709)

*January 1st, 1636, Bern †January 1st, 1709

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Leap year

Yes: 1636 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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